Willis Bates
Bates c. 1907 at Fairmount
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 26, 1880 Ohio |
| Died | May 13, 1939 (aged 59) Long Beach, California |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1905–1908 | Fairmount |
| 1914–1925 | Southwestern (KS) |
| Basketball | |
| 1905–1908 | Fairmount |
| 1913–1914 | Fairmount |
| 1914–1926 | Southwestern (KS) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 80–49–12 (football) 179–79 (basketball) |
Willis Sherman "Bill" Bates (January 26, 1880 – May 13, 1939) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Fairmount College—now known Wichita State University—from 1905 to 1908 and at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1914 to 1925, compiling a career college football record of 80–49–12. He also coached basketball at Fairmount (1905–1908) and Southwestern (1914–1926), tallying a career college basketball mark of 179–79.
Bates was the sixth head football coach for Fairmount College, now Wichita State University, located in Wichita, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1905 until 1908. His overall coaching record at Fairmount was 28–8–3. This ranks him second at Fairmont/Wichita State in terms of total wins and third at Wichita State in terms of winning percentage.
Bates was the head coach for the 1905 Cooper vs. Fairmount football game played on October 6, 1905 at Association Field in Wichita The game was played at night under gas lamps as a demonstration by the Coleman Company and was the first night football game played west of the Mississippi River. Fairmount won by a score of 24–0.
Bates was the head coach for Fairmount in the 1905 Washburn vs. Fairmount football game that took place on December 25, 1905. The game was played against the Washburn Ichabods using a set of experimental rules and was officiated by then Washburn head coach John H. Outland.
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